Still Alive - JoCo version

Some of you on the Internets seem to prefer the version of this song with Jonathan Coulton singing rather than GLaDOS. We here at Spiffworld aim to please.

This song was written for the popular computer game Portal by Valve Software. In Portal, players solve a series of puzzles using an experimental portal-shooting gun, while a slightly unhinged computer AI named GLaDOS spurs them on with promises of cake (which may or may not be a lie). The song is sung at the end of the game by GLaDOS, whom (spoiler alert) players thought they'd killed in the game's climax.

While this is easily the most requested song that people have asked me to make a video for, I figured it would never happen. The song is so perfectly suited for GLaDOS and Portal that I couldn't imagine it ever making sense in WoW.

But then I thought, who else would sing a song gloating about being still alive no matter how you tried to kill him. And then it all fell into place...

Not all of the shots in this video are mine. Some come from the in-game Wrathgate cutscene, and some from the Patch 3.3 trailer, both made by the talented team at Blizzard. I know it's not exactly kosher to use someone else's video in your video (especially without asking), but their stuff fit so perfectly and there was no way I was going to be able to get those shots myself, that I figured I'd go for it and pray no one got too mad.

Special thanks to Haley Booth, my co-creative director on this project.

The song at the end of the video is Jonathan Coulton's soft rock cover of Sir Mix-a-lot's "Baby Got Back".

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• spiffworld
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• wow
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• warcraft
• arthas
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• king
• still
• alive
• GLaDOS
• Portal
• cake
• lie

[AmoraSonata]

Did you know that JoCo actualy wrote the songs for portal/portal 2?

He is the one they hired to write the songs. Spiff, did you know that? just thought it would be interesting to see if u all knew.

[spiffworld]

@AmoraSonata I knew that. That's why I made this video. :)

[stirre00]

Do you really like Jonathan Coulton really much. If u answer this im going to be chocked for a star answered my question xD

[spiffworld]

@stirre00 I do really like Jonathan Coulton very much. :)

[MrAllexitable]

epic voice

[mrtacotheamazing]

i account for half of your vid views

[ZeroTolerated]

Y U NO MAKE ANYMORE?!

[silverharmony8675]

i gotta say, spiff, its cause of you i discovered jonathan coulton. my life is enriched because of you :-D (no, that isnt sarcasm!!) even my kids are learning to love coulton, cause they dont have a choice *evil grin* but seriously, your work with his songs is absolutely incredible

[iiBeTrollin47]

It's too cool that my favorite singer and favorite video game company work together. Left 4 Dead, Portal, etc.

[maveriksword]

*turn on video. ad for 'geek online dating' pops up*

*jonathan coulton song*

just made my day

[ROFLOLBBQ111]

Please upload the Joco version of Want You Gone.

[CourtJackal001]

@Minigun101 kind of hard to make a wow video look like a portal video, and though it did become a Litch King video in stead of a Glados vid, Spiff incorporated a lot of portal references into it so your judgement is just a little too hasty if you ask me

[Minigun101]

@anamoebacorn Oops. didn't really pay attention to the visuals I thought they had nothing to do with portal.

[anamoebacorn]

@Minigun101

But... there's portals!

And cake! Or severed heads. Same thing if you're a zombie.